Folding bedstead.



Patented Aug. 22, I899.

No. s3|,474.

.1. w. PEPPER.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

(Applicat ion filed Apr. 4, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES WV. PEPPER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,474, dated August 22, 1899.

Application filed April 4, 1899. Serial No. 711 ,7 08- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES W. PEPPER, a

citizen of the United States, residing inthe bottom adapted when the bedstead is folded to occupy an upright or comparatively upright position, avoiding bending of the mattress thereon,as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims that follow the specification.

It consists in providing the head and foot boards with legsin pairs which form broad bases to prevent overturning of the bedstead and in adapting said legs to pass each other when the bedstead is folded,'so that the head and foot boards may be as close to each other as possible.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a folding bedstead in operative position embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of same in folded position. Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section on line as m, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a vertical section on line g y, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a vertical section of a portion, on an enlarged scale, on line 2 ,2, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the headboard of the bedstead, the same having pairs of legs B B, and G designates the footboard, the same having pairs of legs D D.

E designates the side rails of the order of toggles, Which are formed of sections F and G, connected by hinges or other suitable devices H, the section II' being mounted on the legs B by the pivots J and the section G being mounted on the legs D by the pivots K.

L designates a bed-bottom, whose frame M is connected with the section F of the side rails by the screws, studs, or pins N N,leaving the foot portion M of said frame extending from said section F the distance, or approximately the distance, of the other section G, disconnected from said section G, While overhanging the latter when the bedstead is in inoperative position, it being noticed that the sections are of angular form, and the horizontal limbs P thereof serve to sustain the foot portion of the bed-bottom, as most plainly shown in Fig. 3.

The legs 13 and D have at their upper ends the limbs Q and R, the same joining the legs B D, respectively, and the'legs D of each pair are deflected or set in from the longitudinal line'of the pairs of legs B, so that when the bedstead is being folded the former passes the latter and occupies a position within the same, thus permitting the folding of the parts as closely as possible, as is apparent on reference to Figs. 2 and 5.

, It will be seen that when the bedstead is in operative position the parts are disposed as shown in Fig. 1, the bed-bottom being sustained on the side rails and the latter rest'-.

ing on'the legs D, while being pivotally connected with the legs B D as additional sustaining-places, while the pairs of legs present broad bases, preventing the overturning of the bedstead. A mattress may now be placed on the bottom L and the bed made up for occupancy. When the bedstead is to be folded, the side rails are'turned up on their hinges H, the sections thereof then assuming a vertical or approximately vertical position,

the frame L following the section F of said side rails and being removed from the section G and occupying an upright position without in any manner deflecting or bending the mattress, which is fastened to said section F in any suitable manner. The unfolding of the bedstead is now prevented by the catches S, which are pivoted to proper partsin the present case the footboard and engaging studs or buttons T on the sections F of the side rails. When said catches are raised, the footboard may be drawn back from the headboard, or vice versa, when the sections of the side rails lower and the parts are restored to their operative positions.

The screwsN may be removed, in which case the screws N may constitute axes for the bed-bottom. The portion of the limb P of the section F below the head end of the bedbottom may be cut, away, and thus the bedbottom may be turned up on said screws N, when so desired; but the side rails maybe folded in either case without breaking or bending the mattress, as is evident. Rising from the ends of the bed bottom are stops (shown in dotted lines) for preventing shifting or displacement of the mattress, the stop at the foot end also acting as a handle for starting the elevation of the bed-bottom at said end and closing of the sections in folding the bedstead.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A folding bedstead having head and foot boards, side rails formed of sections jointed to each other, legs for said boards, and a bedbottom which is connected with one section and extends therefrom approximately the distance of the other section and is adapted to freely rest on the latter.

2. A folding bedstead having side rails formed of jointed sections, head and foot boards, legs supporting said boards, a swinging bed-bottom which is secured to one section and rests freely on the other section, the latter being pivotally connected with the adjacent boardand additional legs having on their upper end limbs which are attached to the other board and have the adjacent railsection axially mounted thereon.

3. In a folding bedstead, a swinging bed-bottom, sectional side rails supporting said bottom and stops on said bottom for preventing shifting of the mattress thereon, one of said stops constituting a handle in folding and unfolding the bedstead.

4. Afolding bedstead having head and foot boards side rails formed of sections jointed to each other, legs supporting said head and foot boards, a swinging bed-bottom connected with one section of the side rails and disconnected from the other section, and additional legs provided with limbs which are connected with the legs proper of the adjacent headboard and on which the adjacent rail-section is axially mounted, the other section being mounted on the legs proper of the opposite board.

5. A folding bedstead having side rails formed of sections jointed to each other, and

pairs of legs supporting the head and foot boards, one member of a pair of legs on one section being deflected laterally so as to fold within the legs of the opposite section.

0. A folding bedstead having side rails formed of sections jointed to each other, head and foot boards on which said sections are pivoted, legs supporting said boards and a bed-bottom rigidly connected with one of said sections and projecting over the other section and being disconnected therefrom, and additional legs having limbs which are connected with the legs proper.

7. A folding bedstead having side rails formed of sections jointed to each other, legs on which the end of said sections are pivoted, and a bed-bottom connected with one of said sections and disconnected from the other section, the legs of one section being deflected laterally so as to fold within the legs of the opposite section.

8. A folding bedstead consisting of head and foot boards, side rails formed of jointed sections which are pivotally connected with said boards, legs supporting said boards and a bed-bottom mounted on one section and adapted to freely overhang the other section, and additional legs on one section which are deflected so as to be seated within the additional legs of the opposite section when the bedstead is folded.

9. A folding bedstead consisting of head and foot boards, pairs of legs connected with said boards respectively, one member of a pair of legs on one section being deflected so as to set within the members of the pair of the opposite section, side rails jointed to each other and to said head and foot boards and a bed-bottom which is connected with one section of the side rails and disconnected from the other section and adapted to be folded with the same when the bed is in inoperative position without bending the mattress supported on said bed-bottom.

JAMES V. PEPPER.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, W11. 0. WIEDERsHEnL 

